Screen-wire cabinet and measuring-table.



N. W. oLoUsE.. GREEN WIRE CABINET AND MBASURI IIIIIIIIIIIIII EDJUNB 15.190g, 940,236.`4 Patented N0v. .16, 1909.

UNiTED sTiiTEs PATENT oEEioE.

NORMAN W. CLOUSE, 0F NEWTON, IOWA.

SCREEN-WIRE CABINET .AND IVIEASURING-TABLE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NORMAN YV. CLoUsE, a citizen of the United States,residing at 'Newtom in the county of Jasper and State of lowa, haveinvented a new and useful Screen-fire Cabinet and Measuring-Table, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a device of the classdescribed, of simple, durable, and inexpensive construction, whereby acomparatively large quantity of wire netting, or the like, may be storedin a. coinparatively small space, and in such a manner that each roll ofthe netting` is readily and easily accessible.

A further object is to provide a measuring table of simple andinexpensive construction, connected wth the cabinet and so arranged thatthe operator may readily and easily unwind the netting from any one ofthe rolls in the cabinet over said table, and when a sufcient quantityhas been unwound, the netting may be easily and quickly cut olf on astraight line at right angles to the straight edges of the wire netting.

A third object is to provide an improved measuring device forautomatically measuring the quantity of wire netting that is passedthrough the table.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combinationof the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated areattained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims,and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows atop or plan view of the complete device embodying my invention. Fig. 2shows a side elevation of same, with a part of one end of the cabinetbroken away to show the interior construction.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, l have used the referencenumeral 10 to indicate a standard. Supported on the top of the standardis an axle 11, and fixed to the axle are two end disks 12 and 13.Arranged between said disks and adjacent to the peripheries of them, isa series of trough shaped netting holders '14, preferably made of sheetmetal, and each comprising somewhat more than a half circle, with theopen side adjacent to the peripheries of .the disks 12 and 13.

In each trough, I have provided one or more curved springs 14a toproject over the open portion of the trough for the purposeSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed .Tune 15, 1908.

Patented Nov. 16, 1909.

Serial No. 438,513.

of holding the roll of netting in position in the trough when the troughis inverted and to act as a brake to keep the netting from uiiwinding.1n the center of eacn trough, is a detachable roller 15 arranged to bepassed through the center of a roll of netting, or other material, tothereby firmly retain same in the trough and to pei'- init it to rotatefreely therein as required in unwinding.

On the disk 12, l have provided a series of notches 16, one notch beingarranged adjacent to each of the troughs, and ii'xed in position toengage said disk 12 is a spring pawl 17 to prevent a backward rotationof Athe cabinet when the netting is being withdrawn from the cabinet.

The reference numeral 1S is used to in dicate a table top, preferablysupported by means of two braces 19 extended downwardly and pivoted tothe axle 11. The outer end of the table top is supported by means of thelegs 20, which are pvotally and detachably connected with the table top,and which are braced by means of the brace rods 21 connected to the legs20 and to the standard 10.

At the edge of the table farthest from the cabinet is a slotted shaft 22having a crank 23 at one end, said shaft being detachably mounted in theslots 24.

Near the edge of the table top adjacent to the cabinet is a slot 24aextended across the table top at right angles to the side edges thereof,designed to act as a guide for cutting off netting.

lteference numerals 25, 26, 28, 29, 32 and 33 indicate parts of ameasuring devicev which is attached to one side of the measuring table,as shown in Fig. 1. The measuring and indicating device of itself formsno part of my present invention, and, therefore, is not hereinspecifically illustrated or described, as any of the ordinary forms ofmeasuring devices may be used in this connection.

1n practical use, the operator places in the various netting holders, aseries of rolls of netting or other material of various widths or kinds,which rolls are supported by the detachable shafts. In this way acomparatively large number of rolls may be contained in a comparativelysmall space and will be kept in such a manner that they are not likelyto become injured.

When it is desired to obtain a measured quantity of the material on anyof the rolls,

the rotary cabinet is then turned until the desired roll is uppermost,then some of the material is unwound from the roll and passed betweenthe measuring rollers, over the top of the table and inserted in theslotted shaft 22, then this shaft is turned by mea-ns of its crank andthe material is unwound from the roller and the measuring and indicatingwheels are operated.

When the indicating device shows that the desired number of feet andinches of the netting has been passed between them the operator cuts olfthe material along the line of the slot 24 and the indicating wheels arethen turned back to their starting point.

If it is desired to place the device adjacent to a table or counter, thelegs 20 and braces 2l may be removed and the table top be permitted torest at on the table or counter.

I claim as my invention.

l. In a device of the class described, the combination of a standard, anaxle rotatably mounted upon the standard, two disks fixed to the endportions of the axle, a series of trough shaped receptacles arrangedbetween the disks and open at their outer portions, a detachable shaftin the center of each of said trough shaped receptacles, two armspivoted combination of a standard, an axle rotatably n mounted in thestandard, two disks xed to the end portions of the axle, aseries oirtrough shaped receptacles xed between said disks open at their outerportions, and each designed to receive a roll ot' screen wire or thelike therein, springs fixed to the said trough shaped receptacles toyieldingly engage a roll of material therein, a shaft detachably mountedin the central portion of each ot said trough shaped receptacles, atable top, arms pivoted to the end portions of the axle, and alsopivotally connected with the adjacent portions of the table top, legspivoted to the opposite end of the table top, means for connecting thelower ends of said legs with the standard, a slotted shaft slidingly androtatably mounted at the end of the table opposite from the said arms.

Des Moines, Iowa, April 17, 1908.

NORMAN WV. GLOUSE.V Witnesses JOHN W. CLoUsE, ED P. MALMBERG.

